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vinoth
02-12-2005, 08:04 AM
Hey,
We need some reviews over our new website http://www.httptree.com. It is an webmaster directory, where you can submit your website, community , services etc.
A directory of ASP,PHP tutorials, applications, scripts, components, webhosting resources and articles for the novice to professional developer.
It is developed by httpguru.com team!
Regards,
scragar
02-12-2005, 08:28 AM
you should add comment delimiters(<!-- and -->) around your CSS.
Try to use the websafe colours if possible.
Try putting all the meta's together.
LANGUAGE="JavaScript" is depreciated, use type="text/javascript"
place comment's infront of the begin text, some browsers detect it.
Specifie percentages for text hieght, your currently in breach of accessability laws(against those with bad eyesight).
I know IE still acepts it, but your onclick options shoult always return a value(usualy true).
Try not to give instructions to make this page the home-page, instead inform them to bookmark you.
&nbsp; is IE only.
Tables = bad. slows down the site.
width=* not understood by netscape 3.1-
you send my computer all the code twice...
the site is very cluttered, especialy at the end.
Have fun.
Fantatier
02-12-2005, 09:05 AM
it might be me, but when you load the page the first time, its like wham
in your face.
alot of stuff to take in for the first page imho
mjfwebb
02-12-2005, 09:15 AM
on your page, you have the option to make the site "your" homepage, just going to point out that instead of linking it to a javascript:history.go(0), you can simply put a #
<a href="#"...
rapid
02-12-2005, 03:17 PM
i dont think ive ever seen a site with 441 validation errors (http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.httptree.com.%2F). perhaps something to do with the <body> and <html> tags opening and closing so many times in the home page code?
could put your css in an external style sheet (http://www.hwg.org/resources/faqs/cssFAQ.html#external).
the middle section looks to cluttered for my liking. too many colors, not enough space. the boxes dont line up enough to be a neat design and they arent random enough to be a 'crazy-paving' design. and if you go for a colorful homepage the subpages would be better being the same rather than being plain white. if you're going for a yahoo-type layout you need to do it well because your site will always get compared to Y!, but it would be better to be original (or atleast copy a
layout (http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/page_layouts/index.cfm) that isnt so recogisable).
navigation links should be rendered as list (http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/tame/) items.
the 'about us' and 'sitemap' links at the bottom of the page dont work. might want to think about creating your own error page.
and the link that says "link your site" goes to a page that says you cant add your website here. whats the point of having a link like this, its likely to annoy your visitors. the 'contact' link goes to the 'get rated' page.
with all the acronyms and abbreviations like HTTP, ASP, PHP, WHT, you could use abbr and acronym elements (http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/abbreviations.cfm) to explain them.
with so much text on the homepage id suggest creating some small graphics that help visitors spot the section they want more easily (and then you could get rid of folder.gif).
if you could tighter the header section so its about half its current height more content would be viewable with less scrolling.
rather than a search box for google how about a search box for your site. seems what could be become a potential very large site would benefit from allowing its visitors to find what they are looking for by searching.